The Jouissance of the Torturer in Zero Dark Thirty and the Enjoyment of the Unacceptable
Abstract: In the scene of torture we can see a paradox at work in which the torturer is both sanctioned by positive law and prohibited by oedipal law. This latter prohibition brings the perpetrator into the proximity of, what can be understood as a Lacanian mode of jouissance, an enjoyment that both...
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| Language: | English |
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UTS ePRESS
2014-08-01
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| Series: | PORTAL: Journal of Multidisciplinary International Studies |
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| Online Access: | https://learning-analytics.info/journals/index.php/portal/article/view/3307 |